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When I was younger I always used to hear people say that you
should not swallow your chewing gum because it takes seven years
to digest and that if you do swallow it too often all of the
pieces of chewed gum accumulate into a big pile and sit there in
your stomach until it is digested.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK

Subject headings: 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several
Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 00-00-1980

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